Tag: Microsoft

Aust AI policy is badly adrift

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Artificial intelligence turbocharged by machine learning techniques gets smarter every second of the day and the Australian government is being prodded to stir its own grey matter on the...

Microsoft’s new digital agenda

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Local Microsoft boss Steven Worrall kicked of his company’s big Summit event this week by talking up the need for digital transformation to be herded along by strong leaders....

Sydney boost for quantum effort

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Sydney is ratcheting up its efforts to become a significant player in the nascent quantum economy. The University of Sydney and UNSW both have major quantum computing research initiatives...

Ten Aussie startups off to Boston

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Last night at Sydney’s harbourside Museum of Contemporary Art ten Australian startups were chosen as winners in the inaugural Bridge to MassChallenge Australia competition. Three state governments – NSW,...

Microsoft degree in data science

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ‘sexiest job of the 21st century’ does not have many takers, and Microsoft has come up with a solution to close the skills gap. The term was coined...

Innovation and the future of jobs

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
StartupAUS has released a discussion paper on the way new technologies and innovation are changing the nature of work and the workforce. The paper is called ‘Economy in Transition...

J-Bish cements Valley Girl creds

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used her visit to San Francisco for the annual bilateral foreign and defence talks known as AUSMIN to underscore the clear message from...

Cloud minefield set for explosion

Posted on   |  by James Riley
We have been warned for years that cloud computing means business data is not secure. We have also been warned, by Ed Snowden and others, that the long arms...

Dastyari moves on ‘no tax’ tenders

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate committee investigating corporate tax avoidance will this week recommend changes to government procurement processes aimed at levelling the playing field for Australian suppliers who pay tax in...